Kello, Richard (1726-1789)

Richard Kello was appointed the first clerk of the Courts of Southampton, Virginia, in 1748 and served for 25 years.

Mr. Kello emigrated in 1741 from London at age 16. He apprentice to Barradell Mathew, Esq. He is listed as Major in the Virginia militia on 12 Sep 1754 and represented Southampton County in the House of Delegates from 1777 to 1778.

He was the son of Samuel and Mary Kello and the husband of Mary Kello.

Birth 1726 London, City of London, Greater London, England

Death 1789 Millfield Plantation, Manry, Southampton County, Virginia, USA (aged 62–63)

Burial Kello Cemetery, Berlin, Southampton County, Virginia. The Kello cemetery located on Millfield Road (Rt. 605).

    Three generation of the Kello family served as clerk of Courts for Southampton County, Virginia.
  1. Richard Kello, from 1748 to 1773, (25 years).
  2. Samuel Kello, from 1773 to 1798 (25 years).
  3. Samuel Kello, Jr. from 1798 to 1815, - (17 years).

See "Kellos honored" in the Tidewater News.